fruit basket (votive offering)
A basket of fruit or other offerings presented at a shrine or temple. Often used in religious or ceremonial contexts.
We dedicated a fruit basket at the shrine.
祭壇の前に色とりどりの盛り籠が並べられた。
Colorful votive fruit baskets were arranged in front of the altar.
Standard kanji spelling; 盛り (offering) + 籠 (basket).
Variant without okurigana; less common but still used.
Variant using 篭 (non-jōyō form of 籠).
Rare variant combining no okurigana and non-jōyō 篭.
Mixed kana spelling; sometimes used for readability.
Compound of 盛り (mori, 'serving' or 'offering') + 籠 (kago, 'basket'). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but it refers to a basket used for presenting offerings.